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Halfway between history and philosophy, this book deals with the historical forms that have permitted the understanding of human suffering from the Renaissance to the present. Representation, sympathy, imitation, coherence and narrativity are but a few of the rhetorical recourses that men and women have employed in order to feel our pain.

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'Javier Moscoso's book is a dazzling example of cultural history. For anyone who ever wondered about the meaning of pain and how those meanings have changed over time this is the book for you.'

- Joanna Bourke, Birkbeck College



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List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Representations Imitation Sympathy Correspondence Trust Narrativity Coherence Reiteration Postscriptum

Pain A Cultural History

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    Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan UK
    Publication Date: 9/10/2012 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9781403991188, 978-1403991188
    ISBN10: 1403991189
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Halfway between history and philosophy, this book deals with the historical forms that have permitted the understanding of human suffering from the Renaissance to the present. Representation, sympathy, imitation, coherence and narrativity are but a few of the rhetorical recourses that men and women have employed in order to feel our pain.

    Trade Review

    'Javier Moscoso's book is a dazzling example of cultural history. For anyone who ever wondered about the meaning of pain and how those meanings have changed over time this is the book for you.'

    - Joanna Bourke, Birkbeck College



    Table of Contents
    List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Representations Imitation Sympathy Correspondence Trust Narrativity Coherence Reiteration Postscriptum

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